The way that we meet potential dating partners has really changed over the last ten years. While many prefer to meet new people out on the streets or in bars and clubs there is a huge market out there that has no interest in meeting up in a late night alcohol fuelled environment. Many prefer to do their initial interactions over the net and organizations like eHarmony given the credibility to the online dating phenomenon and have had a huge effect on our social habits. Haloo is a new free dating application for iOS that adds a huge dollop of ... Read more
When it comes right down to it, SharpaFede Communicator is a bit like having a slimmed down social network that's designed specifically for your mobile device. When I say that it's a slimmed down version please don't get me wrong. This java-mobile communication platform uses your regular contacts as well as new ones you make to connect and communicate in broader, more social and more intuitive terms on your mobile phone. The app lets you get social with an intuitive and classy-looking user interface that integrates seemlessly with the app's communicative features like video, voice, chat and instant messaging. ... Read more
There are literally hundreds of thousands of apps out there doing all sorts of weird and wonderful things. And, given the exponential growth in the sale of smartphones and tablets over the last couple of years (as well as the seemingly insatiable desire to fill their devices with apps) it's starting to make excellent sense - and almost become essential - for every local business to have an online component. But how does the local person find the apps that are available within their community? AppLocal is an iOS app that's kinda like the AppStore for locals - the difference ... Read more
Things are changing for the better for small business. In the past there has been a bit of a defeatist attitude from them when comparing their opportunities of bettering themselves and their workers against a larger organization. When it came to training staff, the argument has always been that it was too expensive and took up too much time so a more ad hoc approach was taken up. But if the small business person is canny, they can find everything they want as apps and quite often for little on no cost. TalentLMS is one such app that will be ... Read more
You have to laugh, don't you? If someone suggested to you that the basis of which bar or club you would be going to tonight would be based on the attractiveness of its guests, you might think you were back in the disco era of Studio 54. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's important to be seen with the cool and handsome types. I guess single girls want to go where single good looking guys are and single guys are always going to go to places where cool and pretty girls hang out. Assuming that's what you are looking for ... Read more
It's often said that critics are simply failed performers who got out of the bed the wrong way before they saw the film, played the game or visited the restaurant but that's not really fair. There are some great reviewers around these days with a pure passion for the things they love - but they are getting few and far between. Personally, I have a rule that I never review anything that I don't like, whether it is an app, a movie or a piece of music. But, with everybody seemingly having an opinion about everything these days, it seems ... Read more
I wonder how many of you know what's going on in terms of entertainment in your city tonight. You'll probably think you have a pretty good idea but it's actually fairly difficult to get a grip on the multitude of events that are happening every night in a major city unless you buy an evening newspaper, the local 'whats on' guide and then check a few local Internet sites. Wikido is a very flexible geolocalization-based entertainment search engine that hunts down all the entertainment in your city from countless websites whether it be a concert, a rodeo or sports event. ... Read more
There used to be a covers band based in London a few years ago called Gabba who featured a hugely tall singer and performed Abba songs in the style of The Ramones - ie fast! I was always convinced that it would turn into a music genre that would take hold. Imagine doing all the Bob Dylan songs in the style of Bob Marley or maybe Kanye West songs in the style of Taylor Swift (can't wait for that one.) Sadly it didn't really take off but the fate of the cover version was taken up by shows like Glee, ... Read more
Let me just say that it was barely half an hour into my toodling around with this social news application that I totally fell in love with it ... hook, line and sinker. So what was it that set my heart a flutter you ask? Well, Skimzee is a wonderfully simple to use, news and social media aggregator that not only gathers news on damned near every subject under the sun but also scans your favorite social networking feeds to find the latest news and opinions on your search subject. Now you may well say that that's a lot of ... Read more
It's around this time of year when we often find ourselves wondering if the friends and family around us have actually been paying attention to the hints we've been dropping all year. How can they not know that it was an iPad3 that you wanted and not that movie pass that you really wanted. Well now you can get social with your wants and needs list with OnYouGo. It's a social network for lovers of consumer electronics where you can make lists, check out and compare products and prices and share them with your friends. Onyougo is a social ... Read more